Reconstruction:Latin/battuaculum

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From bat(t)uō (“beat”) +‎ -culum (instrumental noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(Proto-Italo-Western-Romance) IPA^(key): /baˈtaklu/, /batˈtaklu/

Noun

*battuāculum ?

clapper (tongue of a bell)

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: batacchio
North Italian:
- Friulian: batel
- Piedmontese: badòcc
- Lombard: badaj, badòc
- Venetian: batocio, batoc
  - → Friulian: batocj
  - → Italian: batocio
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: batâ, batè
- Middle French: batail
  - French: batail (only in heraldic jargon)
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: batall
  - →? Sardinian: batallu, battazu
- Old Occitan: batalh, batal
  - Occitan: batalh
  - → Italian: battaglio
Ibero-Romance:
- Mirandese: badalho
- Old Portuguese: [Term?]
  - Galician: badalho, badalo, badal
  - Portuguese: badalo
- Spanish: badajo

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*battuaculum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1: A–B, page 289